- Catalytic Synthesis of “Super” Linear Alkenyl Arenes Using an Easily Prepared Rh(I) Catalyst
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Linear alkyl benzenes (LAB) are global chemicals that are produced by acid-catalyzed reactions that involve the formation of carbocationic intermediates. One outcome of the acid-based catalysis is that 1-phenylalkanes cannot be produced. Herein, it is reported that [Rh(μ-OAc)(η2-C2H4)2]2 catalyzes production of 1-phenyl substituted alkene products via oxidative arene vinylation. Since C C bonds can be used for many chemical transformations, the formation of unsaturated products provides a potential advantage over current processes that produce saturated alkyl arenes. Conditions that provide up to a 10:1 linear:branched ratio have been achieved, and catalytic turnovers >1470 have been demonstrated. In addition, electron-deficient and electron-rich substituted benzenes are successfully alkylated. The Rh catalysis provides ortho:meta:para selectivity that is opposite to traditional acid-based catalysis.
- Webster-Gardiner, Michael S.,Chen, Junqi,Vaughan, Benjamin A.,McKeown, Bradley A.,Schinski, William,Gunnoe, T. Brent
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p. 5474 - 5480
(2017/04/27)
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- PtII-catalyzed hydrophenylation of α-olefins: Variation of linear/branched products as a function of ligand donor ability
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The PtII complexes [(xbpy)Pt(Ph)(THF)]+ (xbpy = 4,4′-X2-2,2′-bipyridyl; x = OMe (1a), tBu (1b), H (1c), Br (1d), CO2Et (1e) and NO2 (1f)] catalyze the formation of n-propylbenzene and cumene from benzene and propene. The catalysts are selective for branched products, and the cumene/n-propylbenzene ratio decreases with increasing donor ability of the xbpy ligand. DFT(D) calculations predict more favorable activation barriers for 1,2-insertion into the Pt-Ph bond to give branched products. The calculations indicate that 1,2-insertion of propene should be faster than 2,1-insertion for all Pt(II) catalysts studied, but they also indicate that cumene/n-propylbenzene selectivity is under Curtin-Hammett control.
- McKeown, Bradley A.,Prince, Bruce M.,Ramiro, Zoraida,Gunnoe, T. Brent,Cundari, Thomas R.
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p. 1607 - 1615
(2014/05/20)
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- Copper-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of organoboron compounds with primary alkyl halides and pseudohalides
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Non-activated alkyl electrophiles, including alkyl iodides, bromides, tosylates, mesylates, and even chlorides, underwent copper-catalyzed cross-coupling with aryl boron compounds and alkyl 9-BBN reagents (see scheme; 9-BBN=9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane). The reactions proceed with practically useful reactivities and thus complement palladium- and nickel-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions of alkyl halides.
- Yang, Chu-Ting,Zhang, Zhen-Qi,Liu, Yu-Chen,Liu, Lei
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p. 3904 - 3907
(2011/05/15)
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- Carbon-carbon coupling of C(sp3)-F bonds using alumenium catalysis
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Dialkylalumenium cation equivalents coupled with the hexabromocarborane anion function as efficient and long-lived catalysts for alkylation of aliphatic C-F bonds (alkylative defluorination or AlkDF) by alkylaluminum compounds. Only C(sp3)-F bo
- Gu, Weixing,Haneline, Mason R.,Douvris, Christos,Ozerov, Oleg V.
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experimental part
p. 11203 - 11212
(2009/12/05)
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- Rapid defunctionalization of carbonyl group to methylene with polymethylhydrosiloxane-B(C6F5)3
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The polymethylhydrosiloxane-B(C6F5)3 combination is found to be a versatile carbonyl defunctionalization system under mild and rapid conditions. For the first time, B(C6F5)3 has been used as a nonconventional Lewis acid catalyst to activate PMHS. Aromatic and aliphatic carbonyl compounds were effectively reduced to give the corresponding alkanes in high yields.
- Chandrasekhar,Raji Reddy, Ch.,Nagendra Babu
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p. 9080 - 9082
(2007/10/03)
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- Facile Hydrodehalogenation with H2 and Pd/C Catalyst under Multiphase Conditions. 2. Selectivity and Kinetics
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Hydrodehalogenation of polyhalogenated aromatics with Pd/C catalyst carried out in the presence of a quaternary onium salt follows zero-order kinetics in the substrate and first-order kinetics in the Pd/C catalyst; the related rate constants were determined for o-, m- and p-bromotoluenes, o-, m- and p-chloroalkylbenzenes (methyl, ethyl, and propyl derivatives), and other aryl halides.Reaction rates, depending on the aromatic to be reduced, may be strongly enhanced by the presence of quaternary onium salts: the isomeric chloroethylbenzenes were reduced 50 times faster when operating in the presence of Aliquat 336 (1).Also the hindered 2-chloro-m-xylene easily yielded m-xylene.The cocatalyst onium salts operate by being adsorbed on the Pd/C surface, as shown when kinetic constants are reported by varying the onium salt amount: classical Langmuir adsorption isotherms are observed.The presence of the onium salt may also influence selectivity in the reduction of isomeric aryl halides: when 1 is present, p-dichlorobenzene reacts in diethyl ether at 20 deg C, 5-fold slower than the ortho isomer; whereas the reduction rates of the two compounds are almost the same in its absence.
- Marques, Carlos Alberto,Selva, Maurizio,Tundo, Pietro
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p. 3830 - 3837
(2007/10/02)
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- Selective Mono-Alkylation and Arylation of Dichlorobenzenes by Palladium-Catalyzed Grignard Cross-Coupling
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Palladium(II)-phosphine complexes, especially PdCl2(dppf) where dppf stands for 1,1'-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene, are effective catalysts for the cross-coupling of Grignard reagents with dichlorobenzenes to produce selectively mono-alkylated and arylated benzenes.The addition of ligands is also effective for the cross-coupling of Grignard reagents containing a β-hydrogen(s).
- Katayama, Tatsuo,Umeno, Masayuki
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p. 2073 - 2076
(2007/10/02)
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- Structure of ω-Arylalkyl Radicals: A 13C CIDNP Investigation
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Thermolysis of a series of ω-arylalkanoyl m-chlorobenzoyl (and acetyl) peroxides at ca. 100 deg C in cyclohexanone and in hexachloroacetone was studied by using 13C chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization.Analysis of the observed 13C polarizations indicate that all the three radicals (β-arylethyl, γ-arylpropyl and δ-arylbutyl) have open-chain structures with no evidence for aryl participation resulting in spirocycloalkylcyclohexadienyl radicals.
- Olah, George A.,Krishnamurthy, V. V.,Singh, Brij P.,Iyer, Pradeep S.
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p. 955 - 963
(2007/10/02)
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